Overview
- Covering a broad region, this title gives a holistic analysis of Asian development as a whole
- With authors based in South Asia and East Asia, and one author from South Asia but based in East Asia, the breadth of expertise brought to the topic is relatively large
- By putting ideas of sustainability in dialogue with economic theory, the authors present an heuristic that is novel among analyses of the region
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This book focuses on the tremendous shift in both economic growth and development progress taking place towards the Asia-Pacific Region. Each of the countries in the region has various concerns and challenges for its sustainable development, a common goal most of them are trying to achieve at the moment. Interestingly, sustainable development in the region may be critical for achieving sustainable development at the global level as well. With a limited mandate, the book covers some specific developmental issues of ‘the hot spots’ of APR that are regarded to be contributing to their sustainable development. The book also looks at the formation and strengthening of some economic and financial initiatives with the potentials to affect growth and influence economic cooperation and integration of the countries in the region.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction
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China: How Dragon Creates a New Paradigm of Development
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India: Elephant Rises at Last
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Asian Parallels: Putting Asian Economies in Perspective
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Arindam Banik is the Director and Professor of International Finance and Business at the International Management Institute, Kolkata, India.
Munim K. Barai is Professor of Finance at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. Degree from the Delhi School of Economics, India. He is a Fulbright Scholar.
Yasushi Sazuki is Professor of Finance, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. Degree from the University of London.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Towards A Common Future
Book Subtitle: Understanding Growth, Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region
Editors: Arindam Banik, Munim Kumar Barai, Yasushi Suzuki
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5592-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5591-1Published: 22 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5437-3Published: 12 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5592-8Published: 08 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 355
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Economics, Economic Policy, Asian Economics, Development Economics